Inductive Automation Ignition ModuleInvoke Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2024-05-03 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-55040

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 55.0%; EPSS 55.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits: 0; none known

Inductive Automation Ignition ModuleInvoke Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Inductive Automation Ignition. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the ModuleInvoke class. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21624.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

inductiveautomation ignition 8.1.35

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-06)

Exploit prediction

55.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Inductive Automation Ignition
inductiveautomation ignition

Classification

Weakness

CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

security.inductiveautomation.com /?tcuUid=fc4c4515-046d-4365-b688-693337449c5b
vendor-advisory
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-23-1813/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-50218
NVD CVE-2023-50218

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Summary